Quotes About Overthinking

Loads of people talk about meditation and what it can do for your anxiety and I just really struggle to do traditional meditation. When they say, 'Lay still and empty your brain,' the minute I lay still, is the minute I think about everything that's going on.

I don't like to over-intellectualize scenes that are working. I tend to think when you do that you may lose it.

I always pack too much, but I'm just nervous I'll forget something.

I used to panic about everything - family, friends... I'd think, 'Is that person okay? Can I fix this?'

You've heard the saying, 'Analysis creates paralysis.' You can't be 100 percent sure of anything.

I'm the kind of person who can paralyze myself very easily by over-thinking decisions.

If you start to analyze what you do, it can paralyze you.

I know what paranoia is like. I know what it is like to worry about what people are saying about you and become obsessed with what people are saying about you.

We have outsmarted ourselves, like greedy monkeys, and now we are full of dread.

All bad things are exaggerated in the middle of the night. When you lie awake, you only think of bad things.

I think maybe part of what got him into trouble was that he did too much thinking. Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so often.

I think maybe part of what got him into trouble was that he did too much thinking. Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so often. A couple of times I tried to tell him it was a mistake to get too deep into that kind of stuff, but Alex got stuck on things. He always had to know the absolute right answer before he could go on to the next thing.

What did thinking ever do for me, to what great place did thinking ever bring me? I think and think and think. I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.

There was a single thought in my head: Keep thinking. Thinking would keep me alive. But now I am alive, and thinking is killing me. I think and think and think.

but it's so painful to think, and tell me, what did thinking ever do for me, to what great place did thinking ever bring me? I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.

I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.

I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.

my thinking, the cancer of never letting go, is ignorance bliss, I don't know, but it's so painful to think, and tell me, what did thinking ever do for me, to what great place did thinking ever bring me? I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.

I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.

Personally, I find it very hard to absent myself from any situation, due to overwhelming self-consciousness. There's always a voice in my head passing comment and making sure nothing can be enjoyed for what it is.

I overthink everything. I'm very keen there should be a positive outcome. I like to control outcomes. But you can't. That's what is nice about being an actor, that you work really hard and it pays off. But at the end of the day, for it to be any good, you have to let go. I'd like to be better at this in life.

At the end of the day, I can end up just totally wacky, because I've made mountains out of molehills. With meditation, I can keep them as molehills.

Sometimes I'll let little things get to me. Or I'll make a big deal out of little things.

Worry is a big part of my life. I definitely worry a lot.